As the emergency services and London Underground staff struggled to cope with the unprecedented horror of the bombings, their efforts were repeatedly frustrated by poor communications and a lack of equipment and medical supplies... more
Blackout that plunged London Ambulance Service's control room into chaos was caused by a supposedly 'uninterruptible' power supply being destroyed by fire, a damning report has revealed ... more
Woman injured in a fall lay on an icy pavement for nearly an hour and a half waiting for an ambulance despite being only 300 yards from Kingston hospital... more
Tyres of ambulances and emergency response cars are being fitted with special 'snow socks', or fabric snow chains, so that crews can respond faster in the severe weather... more
Creation of an Olympic road network will put the public at risk by slowing down emergency vehicles during the 2012 Games, ambulance and police chiefs have warned ministers... more
London ambulances' computer system, which controls all medical 999 calls, crashed during one of its busiest nights of the year so far, the Standard has learned... more
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